INFORMALITY IN LATIN AMERICA: REVISION OF THE CONCEPT AND EXPERIENCES

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https://doi.org/10.12795/e-RIPS.2016.i01.05

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The Latin American region is one of the places where labor laws and social security laws are more developed, but on the other hand, employment status is one of the most precarious. Several situations have led to this state of affairs. Thus, we find that the average rate of informal working relationship in the region is approximately 50% of the economically active population. Then the measures taken in relation to this category of workers have an important impact in protecting them and their families. While informality is not an exclusive phenomenon to this region, measures to extend social rights can be considered as examples for other latitudes. In this sense this work questions the basic premise of protection: What can be understood by informality in the Latin American region? To do this, it will be used doctrine and cases of Latin American legislation.

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Pablo Andrés Arellano Ortiz, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso

Profesor de Derecho del Trabajo y Seguridad Social

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2016-04-06

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Arellano Ortiz, P. A. (2016). INFORMALITY IN LATIN AMERICA: REVISION OF THE CONCEPT AND EXPERIENCES. E-International Review on Social Protection, 1(1), 101–112. https://doi.org/10.12795/e-RIPS.2016.i01.05

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016)

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DOCTRINAL ARTICLES

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